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Can Bitcoin Conquer Argentina?

Can Bitcoin Conquer Argentina? | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
With its volatile currency and dysfunctional banks, the country is the perfect place to experiment with a new digital currency.
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Barter Networks: Lessons from Argentina for Greece - Upside Down World - Upside Down World

Barter Networks: Lessons from Argentina for Greece - Upside Down World - Upside Down World | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
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The resurgence of self-managed workers cooperatives 4 Argentina | P2P Foundation

The resurgence of self-managed workers cooperatives 4 Argentina | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

All his life José Pereyra had been a waiter. For 20 years he served tables at Los Chanchitos (The Little Piggies), an old-style parrila (grill) at a strategic corner in Buenos Aires, on the borderline between two of the most densely populated middle-class neighbourhoods of the city.

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Why This Internet Pioneer Believes Bitcoin Has the Power to Break the Cycle of Poverty

Why This Internet Pioneer Believes Bitcoin Has the Power to Break the Cycle of Poverty | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
At 20, Wences Casares launched Argentina's first Internet service provider. Now 40, and with several successful startups under his belt, the serial entrepreneur is on a mission to bring financial security to underserved communities through Bitcoin.
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Barter Networks: Lessons From Argentina for Greece - Truthout - Truth-Out

Barter Networks: Lessons From Argentina for Greece - Truthout - Truth-Out | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
As the Argentinians learned, crisis is an incubator of inventions.
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Argentina and Brazil Launch System for Paying Pensions in Local Currencies - Latin American Herald Tribune

Argentina and Brazil Launch System for Paying Pensions in Local Currencies - Latin American Herald Tribune | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
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May Day: workers of the world unite and take over – their factories

May Day: workers of the world unite and take over – their factories | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
From Istanbul to Barcelona, the co-operative movement is flourishing as employees revive what the bosses buried
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Argentina: The Country that Monsanto Poisoned? Photo Essay *UPDATED* | Over Grow The System

American biotechnology has turned Argentina into the world’s third-largest soybean producer, but the chemicals powering the boom aren’t confined to soy and cotton and corn fields. They routinely contaminate homes and classrooms and drinking water. A growing chorus of doctors and scientists is warning that their uncontrolled use could be responsible for the increasing number of health problems turning up in hospitals across the South American nation. In the heart of Argentina’s soybean business, house-to-house surveys of 65,000 people in farming communities found cancer rates two to four times higher than the national average, as well as higher rates of hypothyroidism and chronic respiratory illnesses. Associated Press photographer Natacha Pisarenko spent months documenting the issue in farming communities across Argentina.
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